jitter, yah!! I wonder if our bodies sense we are about to drop and stick us in extra hungry mode.

dogdays--wow girl. that is freaking awesome. I love your description of yourself. I can't wait until the day I try to put on my fat clothes and they slide right off me.

my turn, girl I get frustrated over a .something. so I know what everyone is talking about.

well, the BOUNCE got me. 198.6 this morning. But I will weigh again before I end my fast...and see if it is different. since I usually weigh in that time. I had an indulgent night--not calories. but alcohol. it only takes one to get me drunk. pina colada. yummm. I ate way under what i normally do...and I am a little worried about my milk, but plan on drinking water today. even my eyes feel dry. lol.

jen - Even your eyes feel dry?!? That's epic! LOL! I have to say, think that is the first time I have heard that one in reference to dehydration, LOL. Keep us posted after your weigh in before you end your fast

So I survived a day at Legoland, but I tripped up and had an order of Granny's Apple Fries. Yes, they are exactly what they sound like. Battered, deep-fried apple sticks covered in cinnamon and sugar, complete with vanilla whipped cream for dipping.

And I'm on the Atkins Diet, for those of you just joining us. <SIGH>

I am throwing up my hands in supplication to the Diet Gods. Let this be a refeeding day. Let me step on the scale tomorrow morning and have it read 197, just like it did for jitter. I know 195 would be asking far too much.

I love this thread, we commiserate, we encourage, we congratulate.

I'm actually at a weight that I haven't been since I was a teenager. So even if for some reason I stopped right now, I'd be healthier than I've been my whole adult life. Not that I have any intention of stopping! Not sure if ultimate goal is possible, but I am definitely going to get into "over weight" bmi instead of obese. I'd love to be over weight -LOL-

MissS here is hoping the diet gods are in a good mood, and not the "lets play a joke on the poor fatties" kind of good mood -LOL- I actually got on the scales again today just to make sure! But I don't want to get obsessive with daily weighing so no more scales until Monday (which ok that is only missing one day... but yanno..).

One day closer to joining this thread...
LGW

my turn, nope the scale didn't change. I accept.

Miss S, um them thingies sound so frigging good. Where can I get some? Don't answer that--it's the rum talking. I had another drink tonight. It's nice to get outside and sit with a friend and have a drink.

jitter, i am just so flipping proud of you. I would love to weigh what I weighed in highschool.

LGW, come one, come all. You aren't one day closer to joining--you can join today we will support you on your way into onderland. I named it ONDERLAND HOPEFULS. If you are hopeful of getting into onederland--then here you belong.

ok, i fasted today again, I end my fast with a mix of cucumbers and tomatoes and black olives in extravirgin italian dressing. Then I eat a protein/carb combo, THEN I eat some fun stuff. later on, i usually eat a full protein/starch/veggie DINNER. I didn't do that tonight. I ate some egg rolls which isn't too bad, and had another rum drink. because I don't eat after a certain time the drink was the last thing I ate. so I am kind of hungry still. but i'll live. I am trying not to focus on the fact that next time I eat is almost 17 hours away.

And just like that, it's proven: jen, you're my sister from another mister. Rum is my joy, my sorrow, my friend, my enemy. And it's criminal that it tastes so good.

LGW, ditto jen's comments. Why wait? You're already here!

Rum, man you girls can keep that stuff! -shudder- I'm a vodka or gin drinker myself.

Yum! You could fry just about anything, cover it in cinnamon & sugar and I'd be all about it, LOL! Yes, yes, perhaps it wasn't Adkins friendly, but one slip up won't hurt much. Besides Legoland is a big place, so you probably burned it all off by walking around, right?!?!

I hear you! I'm only 5 feet tall (not a hair under, not a hair over!), so I have a LONG way to go to get out of obese territory. And add to that, I don't think I'll ever be as small as the BMI chart says I should be for my height because I have a big bone structure (queue Eric Cartman: "I'm not fat, I'm big-boned"). My wrist bone measures 6.5" around, putting me WELL past large frame. Sigh.....

I'll second...or third...or fourth the others. MUST. JOIN. NOW. I'm no longer a hopeful, but I'm still hanging around and they haven't kicked me out yet. I enjoy following this thread. For now, I'm here until I can shame Jen into buying a new scale since she's truly 5lbs lighter than she realizes.

Sorry for no change, BUT, your fluctuations are still in ONEderland! You are definitely making progress. Plus your scale is mean and cranky and is just begging to be weighted down with bricks and dropped in the bottom of a deep ocean.

LGW, you are here, just join in They seem to be putting up with me LOL

Jen you are doing great! The scale didn't move for you and you sound like you need some distraction, but you are doing awesome and a total inspiration

LOL @ the rum for Jen and MissS... that one had me cracking up! I am with jitter though, vodka girl here... and I can still put it in my cranberry juice to incorporate the juice my dr wants me to have, hehehehe

Yeh LGW, afterall it says hopefuls You just have to want to be reaching ONEderland to join in the fun/insanity/commiseration of the thread

SOs can be such a pain in the butt when it comes to weight reduction. Not only did he buy chocolate yesterday (and no will power), he was drinking so this morning when I said I was going to go the gym he was all but I'm hung over and can't deal with the kids. Ah well, hopefully I'll feel like gymming later. Or at least going out for a run.

hey girls, I just turned a paper in by the skin of my teeth---again. must be the vodka from yesterday--hehehehe. I thought I would add , we had those mini cups with the jello things--she put vodka in there this time. I got a tiny buzz. relaxed the heck out of me again.

baby has a stomach bug. I actually got shat on yesterday. it was liquidy and green and oh sooooo LIQUIDY. he has been sooooo, soooo, soooo, fussy. several times I have thought about running away in the car to some place non baby screamy.

today, the scale was better. 197.8. but oh man, my stomach actually LIFTED up off of my scar area...it used to hang down onto it...joyous of all joys. I can't tell you how suprised I was. I saw that I lost another 2 inches off my flabby belly. but that makes me happiest of all...my stomach no longer points at the ground...

I love that my friend and I walk every night. I am REALLY looking forward to it everyday...but I've gotten to the point, where just a walk IS NOT ENOUGH. i have to have some kind of push now. Pretty soon I will be jogging on the rebounder again, I need to remind myself to take my resting heart rate, so I know when it's time to upgrade or fall back on the cardio. i have also been doing supermans, and windmills, and push ups and tricep dips. the kitchen table makes a great push up surface to do modifieds on.

jitter, how about my SO tried to feed me during my fasting time. evil. Mine also gets me chocolate and ice cream. mine was also hung over yesterday.

my turn, i distracted myself from the scale with the tape measurer. i am used to scales being evil. I've had this one for soooooo LONG.

dogdays, don't I wish! If I were truly 5 lbs lighter, i'd fall over in contentment. Because that would give me a much larger buffer from Twoderland.

Well I didn't make it to the gym, and to be honest exercise is taking a back seat for the next four weeks.

I am going in to semi-maintenance mode, and need ya'll to help me stay accountable! As long as I don't gain, I'm focussing on the diet and not worrying about getting my work outs in. Why you might ask, well work is crazy insane right now. Plus with my lil ones and it being winter finding time to work out is so hard. Mornings are a no go and by the time work is done I'm too exhausted. I figure four weeks and I'm on break again and I can revamp during my two week break, plus we'll be hitting spring and it will be warmer and light in the mornings.

89.5kg again today, stoked at that as it is a post-weekend weight which is usually higher than pre-weekend. I am not weighing again until Friday, but will report in!

I want to join!!! I've been reading the board for about a week, so I'll catch you up on me. I'm almost 37, two girls, almost 9 and almost 4 (our birthdays are all in September!) married to a wonderful guy.

I've been overweight most of my adult life starting in college (even though I thought I was fat in high school, I wasn't!). I started my journey April 25 at 244 and 12 weeks later I'm at 208. I'm looking forward to onederland with great anticipation!!

As far as my diet goes, I've just been monitoring my calorie intake and drinking water. I'd like to say it's getting easier after 12 weeks, but there are always temptations!!! I do weigh daily to keep track of my weight trend. It can be challenging seeing the number fluctuate, but seeing the trend go down even after a setback, that's pretty encouraging. And I feel if I'm more accountable to myself by weighing daily, not tempted to cheat as much!!

Anyway, that's me! Better get back to work...

Shelly

218.2 today for my public weekly weigh in on facebook!

I'm feeling like my Sept 13th goal of ONEderland might actually happen! Still got a ways to go, tho...